JOHN LEE HOOKER lyrics - Five Long Years

(Eddie Boyd)



If you've ever been mistreated, you know just what I'm talkin' about

If you've ever been mistreated, you know just what I'm talkin' about

I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out



I got a job in a steel mill, truckin' steel like a slave

Five years of fright runnin' straight home with all my pay

I been mistreated, you know just what I'm talkin' about

I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out

Yes, yes, yeah



I fin'ly learned to listen, I should a long, long time ago

Next woman I marry, she got to work and bring me some gold, oh yeah

You know just what I'm talkin' about

I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out, oh yeah

It's too bad, too bad